We’re delighted to announce that Danielle Nagao, our indomitable Chief Financial Officer (CFO), is among the 2023 nominees featured in the Orange County Business Journal CFO of the Year Awards. For this honor, Danielle has been nominated in the category of Not-For-Profit Organizations. Danielle has been the Project Access chief financial officer for [...]
From top left to right: Christina Dinh, Joyce Choi, Hailey Keefer, Judith Ocegueda Project Access Resource Centers is proud to announce its 47th Annual Spirit of Volunteerism Awards nominees. The event, which takes place on April 20, 2023, at The City Grove of Anaheim in California, is one of OneOC’s most anticipated events of [...]
Project Access has recently entered into a collaboration with the innovative and groundbreaking effort called ClipDart, which endeavors to help the underserved and improve mental wellness through selfless, mobile barbers and stylists. This collaboration has just begun at various Project Access communities in Arizona with the goal of growing the partnership wherever ClipDart and [...]
On Thursday, March 23, the courts of the Tennis and Pickleball Club in Newport Beach, California, swung into action for a good cause as Project Access Resource Centers staged its first-ever charity fundraising pickleball tournament (presented by Freespeed Aviation, LLC). The afternoon of fun and sport raised $37,000 to support low-income families throughout California and [...]
On Thursday, March 23, from 12:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m., the courts of the Tennis and Pickleball Club in Newport Beach will swing into action for a good cause as Project Access Resource Centers stages its first-ever charity fundraising pickleball tournament (presented by Freespeed Aviation, LLC). This fundraiser will raise funds to support low-income [...]
Project Access Resource Centers has appointed Ibeth Echepetelecu as its new Vice President of People Operations (Human Resources) for the Orange-based non-profit organization. Before assuming her new role with Project Access, Echepetelecu was the Head of People for Cadence Kitchen in Corona, California, responsible for talent acquisition, workforce planning, policy development, compensation, and benefits [...]
Golden State Foods’ corporate nonprofit, the GSF Foundation (GSFF), which provides financial and volunteer assistance to hundreds of nonprofit organizations that bring hope and healing to children and families in need, becomes the latest foundation to collaborate with Project Access and it's Adopt a Resource Center program. This innovative initiative brings skill-building, financial education, [...]
By Kristin Byrnes CEO & President, Project Access Our Saturday, October 15, Project Access held its annual fundraising event at the beautiful Waterfront Beach Resort on the sands of Huntington Beach here in Southern California. It was an evening of celebration (themed “Keys to Success”) as we feted our achievements from coast-to-coast in cultivating [...]
On Friday, September 30, Zaida Hernandez, Latina NASA engineer, first-generation Salvadoran American, STEM advocate, and author, inspired children at the Project Access Resource Center at Crystal View Apartments in Garden Grove, California, to pursue their education and dreams. Presented in cooperation with KIA USA and Lil' Libros Publishing, the special event was an unprecedented [...]
Yadira has been associated with Project Access for 16 years, starting as a volunteer in 2004 and then joining the staff as a school readiness instructor in 2006. In this role, Yadira helped lead a preschool program as a teacher for various resource centers. Consistently visiting different Project Access Resource Centers in Orange County, [...]